SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Gannets (Morus bassanus) diving to feed on discarded fish, Shetland, Scotland, UK, April.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Gannets (Morus bassanus) diving to feed on discarded fish, Shetland, Scotland, UK, April.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Gannets (Morus bassanus) diving to feed on discarded fish, Shetland, Scotland, UK, April.

David Pattyn / Gannet (Morus bassanus) coming in to land in the colony in evening light, Great Saltee, Saltee Islands, County Wexford, Republic of Ireland, June

Angelo Gandolfi / Gannets (Morus bassanus) courtship behavior on nest on abandoned boat, La Spezia Gulf, Italy. Mediterranean Sea. July.

David Tipling / Northern gannet (Sula bassana) colony, Hermaness, Unst, Shetland Scotland, UK, April.

Markus Varesvuo / Gannet (Sula bassana) diving, July UK Shetland.

Markus Varesvuo / Gannet (Sula bassana) diving, July UK Shetland.

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Northern gannets (Morus bassanus) in flight at nesting colony on cliffs, Hermaness NNR, Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, June

Jiri Slama / Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) pair in courting display, Bass Rock, Scotland, United Kingdom

Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) breeding pair during part of their elaborate courtship ritual. Saltee Islands, Republic of Ireland, May.

Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) adult, backlit by the morning sun, coming in to land in colony, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK. September